Laurent started his career in 1996 in IBM Microelectronics (Corbeil Essonnes, France) responsible for process integration activity on Logics & DRAM products.
He joined Gemplus (La Ciotat, France) in 1999 where he was in charge of relationships & strategy with silicon suppliers, in various area such as Identity, Banking and Telecommunications. In 2006 Laurent endorsed reponsability, within Gemalto, of product management for advanced SIM cards with special focus on contactless and NFC applications.
Finally, Laurent joined ST Microelectronics (Rousset, France) in September 2007, and is now leading marketing activities for (U)SIM and NFC markets.